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Miami Heat Conference Eastern Conference Division Southeast Division Founded 1987/1988 History Miami Heat (1988-present) Arena American Airlines Arena City Miami, Florida Team colors black, red, white, orange Owner Micky Arison General manager Randy Pfund Head coach Erik Spoelstra D-League affiliate Albuquerque Thunderbirds Championships 1 (2006) Conference titles 1 (2006) Division titles 7 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007) Official website heat.com The Miami Heat (known as the HEAT on official team publications) is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Micky Arison and coached by Erik Spoelstra, with Randy Pfund as the General Manager. The team was founded in 1987 as an expansion franchise and have had notable NBA stars such as Alonzo Mourning, Glen Rice, Tim Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn, Shaquille O'Neal, and Dwyane Wade throughout this tenure. The Heat have also had success in making it to the playoffs as they've made it in 12 out of 20 seasons. In addition, the franchise won its first NBA title in the 2005-2006 NBA season against the Dallas Mavericks.

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1 History 1.1 Birth of the Heat 1.2 1987-1991: The Rothstein years 1.3 1991-1995: The Loughery years 1.4 Pat Riley's overhaul to success 1.4.1 Alonzo Mourning Era 1.4.2 2003-04 season: Wade, Van Gundy step in 1.5 The Shaquille O'Neal/Dwyane Wade Era 1.5.1 2006 Playoffs 1.5.2 2006 NBA Finals and Championship 1.5.3 2006-07 Season: Injury Bug stings Heat 1.5.4 2007-08 Season: Shaq departs, Heat disappoint 1.6 New Era 1.6.1 2008-09 Season: Enter Beasley & Chalmers 2 Uniforms 3 Season-by-season records 4 Home arenas 5 Players 5.1 Current roster 6 Head coaches 7 Retired Numbers 8 High points 8.1 Franchise Leaders 8.2 Individual Awards 9 Radio and Television 10 References 11 See also 12 External links 

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History 

Birth of the Heat During the boom period of the NBA of the 1980s the league sought to expand itself from 23 teams to 27 by the end of the decade. In Florida, a state devoid of any NBA franchises, groups from Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Miami all vied to land franchises. The Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority eventually endorsed a group led by NBA Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham and former sports agent (and lifelong friend of Cunningham's) Lewis Schaffel, who received their financial backing from Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison, who would be majority owner. Day-to-day operations would be handled by minority shareholders Cunningham and Schaffel.


In April 1987, the NBA expansion committee endorsed the bids of the cities of Charlotte and Minneapolis. However, the committee was split between awarding the third and final franchise to Miami or Orlando, causing representatives from both cities to toss barbs at the other. Finally, it was decided that the NBA would expand by 4 teams, with the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat debuting for the 1988–89 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic beginning for the 1989–90 season [1]. 1987-1991: The Rothstein years For their first head coach, Miami hired Ronny Rothstein , who was a longtime assistant coach under Chuck Daly in Detroit and who was credited with being one of the architects of Detroit's stifling defense. The Heat came into the NBA for the 1988–89 season with an unproductive first year, with a roster full of young players and journeymen. Among the players on the inaugural roster were first round picks Rony Seikaly and Kevin Edwards, fellow rookies Grant Long and Sylvester Gray as well as NBA vets Rory Sparrow, Jon Sundvold, Pat Cummings, Scott Hastings, Dwayne "Pearl" Washington and Billy Thompson. The team started out the season by losing its first 17 games, an NBA record. It did not help that the Heat were placed in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference, in defiance of all geographic reality. This forced them on the longest road trips in the NBA; their nearest divisional opponent was the Houston Rockets, over 900 miles from Miami. The team ultimately finished with a league-worst 15–67 win-loss record (second worst season in franchise history).


Original Heat logo used from 1988–1999To help address Miami's league-low point production, the Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft, and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse University in the 2nd round. The team also moved to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference for the 1989–90 season, where they would remain for the next 15 years. However, the Heat continued to struggle and never won more than two consecutive games, en route to an 18–64 record. The 1989–90 season saw Miami awarded with the 3rd pick overall, only to parlay via two trades (first with the Denver Nuggets and later with the Houston Rockets) into getting the 9th and 12th picks, with which they selected Willie Burton of the University of Minnesota and Alec Kessler of the University of Georgia. Both picks flopped, as the Heat tried to turn Burton, a college small forward, into a shooting guard without much success and Kessler was bogged by injury problems and was not physical enough to be a quality NBA power forward. While Rice, Seikaly and Douglas all showed improvement from the previous year, Miami still only went 24–58 and remained in the Atlantic Division basement. Rothstein would resign as head coach at the end of the season, but later would return to the Heat prior to the 2004-05 season as an assistant coach, a role he still fulfills today. [edit] 1991-1995: The Loughery years In the wake of Rothstein's resignation prior to the 1991–92 season, the Heat hired Kevin Loughery, who had 29 years of experience in the NBA both as a coach and a player, to be their new head coach. For the 1991 NBA Draft, the team selected Steve Smith from Michigan State, an agile guard, to usher in a new era of a mature Heat team. With the help of rookie Smith, Rony Seikaly, and a more experienced Glen Rice, the Heat finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 38–44 record and made the playoffs for the first time. Playing the league-best Chicago Bulls, the Heat were swept in three games. Steve Smith made the NBA All-Rookie team and Glen Rice finished 10th in the NBA in scoring. The 1992-93 NBA season included the additions of draft choice Harold Miner of the University of Southern California as well as trading a 1st round pick (which would turn into the #10 overall pick the following season) for Detroit Pistons forward/center John Salley. While Salley's addition was first met with hope because of the role that he played on two championship Pistons squads, it became quickly apparent that Salley was a quality role player for a good team, but not a quality player for a mediocre team like Miami was at the time. Salley would eventually have his playing time diminish, ultimately resulting in his being taken by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 expansion draft. As for the season itself, it started off poorly, with Smith missing time with a knee injury and Burton being lost for most of the year with a wrist injury. Upon Smith's return, Miami posted a winning record in February and March, but it was not enough to dig themselves out of the 13–27 hole they began in. They finished 36–46 and would not return to the playoffs. A healthier squad fared better in 1993–94, posting the franchise's first-ever winning record at 42–40 and returning to the playoffs as the #8 seed versus the Atlanta Hawks. After Miami had a 2-1 series lead, Atlanta rallied from the deficit to win the best-of-5 series. After that season, Steve Smith would be selected as a member of the 2nd Dream Team, the collection of NBA All-Stars who were selected to compete in the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto as Team USA. Dream Team II, also made up of future Heat players Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Dan Majerle and Tim Hardaway, would go on to win the tournament. In 1994–95, the team overhauled their roster, trading away Seikaly, Smith, and Grant Long.
 

In return, the Heat obtained Kevin Willis and Billy Owens. Also, at this time came a changing of ownership in Heat's front office. On February 13, 1995 Cunningham and Lew Schaffel were bought out by the Arison family of Carnival Cruise Lines fame, who to that point in time had been silent partners in the day-to-day operations of the franchise. Ted Arison's son, Micky Arison, was named Managing General Partner. He immediately fired Loughery and replaced him with Alvin Gentry on an interim basis to try and shake up the 17–29 Heat. Gentry went 15–21 for the remaining 36 games of the season for a 32–50 record overall, 10 games off the previous year's mark. [edit] Pat Riley's overhaul to success [edit] Alonzo Mourning Era From 1994 to 1997, the Miami Heat sought relocation plans in case the city of Miami resisted a standard facility for the team. Alternative cities were discussed: Las Vegas, Nevada, Memphis, Tennessee (now the home of the Memphis Grizzlies), St. Louis and San Diego. Just when the Miami Heat was struggling to win and stay put, a new era arrived to take them to a new decade of possibilities. In the 1995 offseason, the Heat hired Pat Riley from the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers and the 1990s New York Knicks to be the team's new president and head coach after he resigned immediately following the 1994-1995 season. Riley dropped a bombshell the night before the season began, sending Glen Rice and Matt Geiger (among others) to the Hornets in exchange for All-Star center Alonzo Mourning. In a flurry of midseason deals, Riley acquired several players including Tim Hardaway, Chris Gatling and Walt Williams. The Heat finished with a winning record with Mourning among the league leaders in scoring and rebounding, but lost in the playoffs in a 3-game sweep against the 72–10 Bulls. The following season, the Heat made a 19-game improvement in the standings, winning their first-ever Atlantic Division title with a 61–21 record. Playing a key role were new additions Dan Majerle, P.J. Brown, Jamal Mashburn, and Voshon Lenard. They took out Riley's former team in seven games, rallying from a 3–1 series deficit, partly due to several Knicks players leaving the bench (leading to several suspensions) during a fight that occurred between P.J. Brown and Charlie Ward after Ward was body-slammed by the usually mild-mannered Brown, leading to a brawl. The Heat were however ousted from the playoffs in five games (after falling into a 3–0 series deficit) by the Bulls for the second consecutive year, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat celebrated their 10-year anniversary in the 1997–98 season and captured their second straight Atlantic Division title. However, in what would become a heated rivalry, the Heat lost in the first round against coach Riley's former team, the New York Knicks after Mourning would miss the deciding Game 5 via suspension after getting into a Game 4 altercation with Larry Johnson and with Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy hanging onto Mourning's leg in an attempt to intervene. 1998-99 was a lockout-shortened season, although Miami would have a conference-best 33-17 record to claim their first-ever #1 seed in the NBA Playoffs. In spite of their seeding, the Heat would lose to the Knicks again after Allan Houston hit a rim-bouncing game-winning jumper in Game 5 to decide the series. The Knicks would go on to play in the 1999 NBA Finals, losing to the San Antonio Spurs. As a result of their success on the court, the Heat moved into the American Airlines Arena in 1999, with seats for over 20,500 fans. The Heat again lost in a deciding Game 7 to the Knicks by a single point. Miami Heat alternate logo, 2000-presentDuring the summer of 2000, the Heat felt it finally needed a change. After losing out to the Orlando Magic to get Raptors swingman Tracy McGrady, Miami decided to trade P.J. Brown and Jamal Mashburn to the Charlotte Hornets (among others) in exchange for Eddie Jones, Anthony Mason and Ricky Davis. Miami also picked up Brian Grant to go along with the core of Mourning, Hardaway, Majerle, Bowen and Carter. The Heat was widely expected to be the favorites in the Eastern Conference until franchise-centerpiece Alonzo Mourning returned from the 2000 Olympics to announce he would miss the entire season due to a rare kidney disorder, known as focal glomerulosclerosis. The Heat missed Mourning for 69 games in 2000-01, yet found success with Anthony Mason, who was named to his first All-Star game as a reserve. Brian Grant, Eddie Jones and Tim Hardaway also played well for the Heat. Alonzo Mourning returned with 13 games remaining. He was a shell of his former, MVP-candidate self and Miami was swept by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round, the same team that Miami acquired Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason from the previous summer, and Alonzo Mourning in that same year.
 

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The third consecutive victory at home placed the Heat in the rare company of home teams who have swept the middle three games since the NBA switched to the 2–3–2 format for the finals in 1985 (Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League also use the 2-3-2 format for the championship series). The only team to have previously accomplished that feat were the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals. On June 20, Game 6, the Heat took the NBA title in Dallas, winning the series four games to two. In winning the series, the Heat became only the third team in NBA history to win the final series after being down 0–2, following the 1969 Boston Celtics and the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers. The Heat overcame a miserable start with a 14-point gap to wear down the Mavericks, and lead by one point (49–48) at the halftime horn. Again, Wade played a vital role, powering the Heat to a late lead. He was helped by an impressive five blocks by Alonzo Mourning (the Heat had over 10 team blocks in the game even though they were averaging a little over 2 blocks in the series) and clutch shooting by James Posey, who drained a cold-blooded three pointer which put the Heat ahead by six with 3 minutes to go. Surprisingly, the Mavericks were down only three with a few seconds to go after a pair of missed free-throws by Dwyane Wade. However, Dallas would be put to rest after Wade captured the rebound, fittingly ending the game by tossing the ball in the air after a missed three-point shot attempt by Jason Terry. Wade would go on to win the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley and the Heat meeting President George W. Bush after their Championship win.The championship proved all the more poignant for Miami's veteran superstars Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton, and Antoine Walker who had never before won an NBA championship. Mourning and Payton both re-signed with the Heat for the 2006-07 season, wanting to win another championship. The championship marked the seventh win for Coach Pat Riley (fifth as a head coach), and fourth title to Shaquille O'Neal, both of whom fulfilled their promise to the citizens of Miami in 1995 (when Riley first came to Miami and said he "envisioned a parade on Biscayne Boulevard") and in July 2004 (when Shaq first came to Miami and vowed to "bring the title home"). Shaq also promised after the win to win the NBA championship again in 2007, if and only if Dwyane Wade were present and healthy for the ride through the playoffs. [edit] 2006-07 Season: Injury Bug stings Heat The Heat got off to a poor start in the 2007 season, losing to the Chicago Bulls by 42 points (66-108), the worst home loss in team history and worst margin of defeat for a defending champion on opening day in NBA history. Shaquille O'Neal played the first few games for the Heat then missed over thirty games with a right knee injury. Key members of the Heat's championship run last season, particularly Antoine Walker and Gary Payton, were finding themselves on the bench more often at the expense of the Heat's up-and-coming young duo of Jason Kapono and Dorell Wright. The first half of the Heat's season was full of misfortune. Coach Riley took an indefinite leave, Dwyane Wade briefly injured his right wrist, and James Posey and Antoine Walker were delisted after failing a body mass exam. Matters improved for the team. Rothstein, the Heat's original head coach, returned on an interim basis. Both Posey and Walker were reinstated.


Former Heat star Eddie Jones re-signed with the team after being released by the Memphis Grizzlies. O'Neal returned to play in January. Riley resumed his duties as head coach at the start of the second half of the season. After thinking everything was going to turn around for the Heat, on February 21, in a game against the Houston Rockets, Wade dislocated his left shoulder and had to leave in a wheelchair. Shortly after the injury, Wade announced that he would opt for rehabilitation instead of surgery, with the hope of returning to the lineup for the playoffs. The rehab was successful enough that Wade returned to the Heat on April 9, 2007, for a game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Wade was visibly rusty, and said that he didn't have his "legs back yet." After Wade's injury, many predicted the Heat would fail even to make the playoffs. Those predictions were quickly dismissed as the Heat surged, winning 11 out of 14 games at one point. In that time, Miami posted a nine-game winning streak (defeating such teams as the Pistons, Wizards, Bulls and Jazz), in addition to extending a home winning streak to 14. Shaquille O'Neal was a primary cause for the Heat's resurgence, playing his best basketball of the season and serving as a focal point of the offense. Having a roster full of veterans and former All-Stars also had a notable benefit in dealing with the loss of Dwyane Wade. Miami was able to post a 16-7 record without its star guard and, in the process, the Heat were able to win a third consecutive Southeast Division title. Shortly after Wade returned, Shaquille O' Neal's grandfather had died, causing him to miss two games. Additionally, Udonis Haslem and Gary Payton were bit by the injury bug; Haslem with a groin aggravation and Payton with a calf injury that will sideline him for two to three weeks. The Heat finished the regular season with a 44-38 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, to whom they lost 4-0 in the best of seven series. Miami Heat became the first defending champion since 1957 to get swept in the first round in the following season. It was also the first four-game playoff series sweep suffered in Miami Heat history. [edit] 2007-08 Season: Shaq departs, Heat disappoint After a disappointing 2006-07 season, the Heat looked to move forward. Miami retained the 20th and 39th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. On June 28, 2007, the Miami Heat selected Colorado State forward Jason Smith with the 20th overall selection then traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers for the draft rights to 21st overall selection, guard Daequan Cook from Ohio State and cash considerations. With the 39th overall selection, the Miami Heat drafted Stanko Barac, a center from Bosnia, but later traded his rights to the Indiana Pacers for a future second round pick. The Heat lost Jason Kapono to the Toronto Raptors and James Posey to the Boston Celtics. The Heat got a much-needed point guard when they picked up Smush Parker from free agency and signed him to a 3-year deal and veteran guard Penny Hardaway reuniting the Shaq-Penny duo. Hardaway was later waived in December. Also in the 2007 Offseason, the Miami Heat made a 5 player trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves, bringing back Ricky Davis and Mark Blount. Leaving the Heat was Antoine Walker, Wayne Simien, Michael Doleac, and a conditional 1st round pick. Davis was on the Heat in August 2000 but fell out of favor with Riley. When the trade occurred he was seen as a more polished scorer and was projected to have been third option for the Heat to compliment Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal, had the circumstances of the season turned out differently.


On December 19, 2007, during the 1st quarter of the game versus the Atlanta Hawks while getting back on a fast-break, Alonzo Mourning tore the right patellar tendon in his right knee[2] and was required to undergo a season-ending -- some even say career-ending knee surgery, although Mourning maintains that he has not, nor has he made plans for retirement. On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, ESPN reported that the Heat were interested in trading center Shaquille O'Neal, contrary to reports by Pat Riley one month earlier that the Heat was not interested in trading the 13 time all-star. The next day however, the Heat agreed to trade O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, effectively ending the Wade-Shaq era. As of April 16, 2008 the Heat clinched the worst record in the NBA at 15-67. Despite the recent losing funk the Heat have fallen into, they have re-committed themselves to rebuild and turn the franchise around and get it back to the level it was just 2 years ago when they won the 2006 championship, and are projected by many to possibly have a busy 2008 offseason due to the fact that they could possibly have plenty of free salary cap room with the departure of O'Neal and now that they are looking towards the future and to build around superstar Dwyane Wade. Wade has also adamantly committed himself to the rebuilding plan and has said in a public statement that he's in Miami for the longhaul and wants to be part of the rebuilding process currently taking place, since it was his drafting in the 2003 draft that helped turn the franchise around at that time. Late in the season with the HEAT well out of any type of realistic playoff contention, head coach Pat Riley missed two games because he went to scout certain NCAA basketball conference tournament games, to prepare in the likely event that the heat receive the number 1 or 2 lottery pick in the 2008 draft. It was announced on March 10, 2008, that Heat guard Dwyane Wade would be inactive for the rest of the season to help him rehabilitate his ailing knee and shoulder that he has re-aggravated, in hopes of starting in the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. It was announced on March 10 that the Heat have finally waived guard Smush Parker, opening the opportunity to add a player signed to a 10-day contract. Parker has not seen action in a Heat uniform and has been in Pat Riley's "doghouse" since the first few games of the 07-08 season after he got into a dispute and altercation with a Valet Parking attendant who accused him of not paying the parking fee, Miami Police are still looking into the matter. On March 12, 2008, they signed Bobby Jones to a 10-day contract, looking for help at the shooting guard and small forward positions. At the end of March 2008, as if the season had not gone bad enough, the Miami Heat posted the third lowest point total in the history of the NBA during the shot clock era during a 96-54 loss to the Toronto Raptors on March 19, followed by a new record for the fewest made baskets (17) in another lost game against the Boston Celtics on March 30.[1]The Heat finished the season on a positive note on April 16 to close out the season with a 113-99 victory over the playoff bound Atlanta Hawks. The win ties for the worst franchise record set by the 1988-89 heat[2] On April 28, 2008, Pat Riley stepped down as the head coach of the Heat but remained Team President. He replaced himself with longtime Assistant Coach Erik Spoelstra, who at 37, became the youngest coach in the NBA. Riley finished his career with 1,210 victories, third all-time behind Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson. [edit] New Era [edit] 2008-09 Season: Enter Beasley & Chalmers On April 28, 2008, Pat Riley stepped down as the head coach of the Heat but remained Team President. He replaced himself with longtime Assistant Coach Erik Spoelstra, who at 37, became the youngest coach in the NBA. Riley finished his career with 1,210 victories, third all-time. On May 20, 2008, the Heat attained the number 2 pick in the 2008 NBA draft as a result of the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery. They were expected to select power forward Michael Beasley, point guard Derrick Rose or guard O. J. Mayo. Immediately following the draft lottery, Pat Riley suggested the team would listen to any trade offers for the second overall pick. However, he did stress the right offer would have to be made in order for the Heat to even consider such a trade (e.g., the Kevin Garnett trade to Boston from the 2007 offseason). On June 26, 2008, the Bulls selected Rose as expected, leaving the Heat to select Beasley.


In the second round, with the 52nd overall pick, the Heat chose Kansas forward Darnell Jackson. Somewhat unexpectedly, it was announced that the Heat agreed to trade the lesser two of their three 2009 second-round draft picks to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the draft rights of talented Kansas guard Mario Chalmers, who helped lead Kansas win the NCAA championship including a three-point shot that sent the game to overtime. It was also later announced that Darnell Jackson's draft rights were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for the lesser of their two second-round picks in 2009. In early July, the free agent period began and with limited cap space the Heat signed local James Jones as the team's three-point specialist. With All-Stars Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion, talented rookie Michael Beasley and an overall solid team. Miami Heat is expected to make the playoffs once again. [edit] Uniforms Home Uniform Away Uniform Alternate/playoff away Uniform
 

These are the Miami Heat uniforms worn since the 1999-00 season. The alternate red jersey was introduced during the 2001-02 NBA season and is the unofficial Heat road uniform during the NBA Playoffs. They are also the only team in the NBA to have the NBA logo on the right shoulder instead of the left, though the alternate uniforms of the Washington Wizards contain the NBA logo on the right side. Season-by-season records Main article: Miami Heat seasons Home arenas Miami Arena (1988–1999) American Airlines Arena (1999–present) Players Main article: Miami Heat all-time roster Current roster Miami Heat roster v • d • e Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 1.0 PG 6 USA Ahearn, Blake (FA) 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri State 5.0 C 50 CAN Anthony, Joel 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) UNLV 1.5 G 5 USA Banks, Marcus 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) UNLV 5.0 C -- USA Barron, Earl (FA) 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Memphis 3.5 F 30 USA Beasley, Michael 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Kansas State 5.0 C 15 USA Blount, Mark 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Pittsburgh 1.5 G 6 USA Chalmers, Mario 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas 3.5 F 55 FRA Diawara, Yakhouba 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Pepperdine 4.0 PF 40 USA Haslem, Udonis (C) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Florida 3.5 F 22 USA Jones, James 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (Fla.) 3.5 F 45 Gabon Lasme, Stephane 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Massachusetts 3.5 F 7 USA Marion, Shawn 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) UNLV 5.0 C 33 USA Mourning, Alonzo (FA) 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Georgetown 3.5 F 12 USA Powell, Kasib (FA) 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Texas Tech 1.0 PG 11 USA Quinn, Chris (FA) 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame 1.5 G 3 USA Wade, Dwyane (C) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Marquette 2.5 G/F 1 USA Wright, Dorell (FA) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Leuzinger HS (CA) Head coach Erik Spoelstra (Portland) Assistant coach(es) Bob McAdoo (North Carolina) Keith Askins (Alabama) Bill Foran (Central Michigan) Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island)

 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent Injured -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roster • Transactions Last change: 2008-06-25 Head coaches Coach Seasons active Ron Rothstein 1988/89–1990/91; 2007 (Interim during Riley's 6-week leave of absence) Kevin Loughery 1991/92–1994/95 Alvin Gentry 1995 Pat Riley 1995/96–2002/03, and 2005/06–2008 Stan Van Gundy 2003/04–2005 Erik Spoelstra 2008/09–Present Retired Numbers The Miami Heat have retired two numbers in its history. The first being Michael Jordan's number 23 in honor of the spectacular performances he seemed to have against the Heat. The other is Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino's number 13, in reference to the athletic legacy he left the city of Miami. The first actual Heat player to be retired is expected to be Alonzo Mourning's number 33. It is believed that no other player will be considered until Mourning finally retires from the NBA and has his jersey in the rafters. Other players who could possibly get their numbers retired are Tim Hardaway, Keith Askins and Rony Seikaly. High points Franchise Leaders Individual Awards NBA Defensive Player of the Year Alonzo Mourning - 1999, 2000 NBA Most Improved Player Award Rony Seikaly - 1990 Isaac Austin - 1997 NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade - 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Pat Riley - 1997 All-NBA First Team Tim Hardaway - 1997 Alonzo Mourning - 1999 Shaquille O'Neal - 2005, 2006 All-NBA Second Team Tim Hardaway - 1998, 1999 Alonzo Mourning - 2000 Dwyane Wade - 2005, 2006 All-NBA Third Team Dwyane Wade - 2007 NBA All-Defensive First Team Alonzo Mourning - 1999, 2000 NBA All-Defensive Second Team P.J. Brown - 1997, 1999 Bruce Bowen - 2001 Dwyane Wade - 2005 Slam Dunk Contest Harold Miner - 1993, 1995 Three Point Contest Glen Rice - 1995 Jason Kapono - 2007 Skills Challenge Dwyane Wade - 2006, 2007 Radio and Television The flagship radio stations of the Miami HEAT are WINZ (940 AM) in English, with Mike Inglis and John Crotty calling games, and WQBA (1140 AM) in Spanish, with Jose Paneda and Joe Pujala on the call. The Heat games are televised primary by Sun Sports with Eric Reid and Tony Fiorentino. Previously, WBFS-TV, WFOR-TV, and WAMI-TV have all aired some games. Games are occasionally televised by TNT, ESPN, or ABC. From 1988-1993, the HEAT were on WQAM. WINZ previously aired games from 1993-1996 and WIOD did from 1996-2008. References ^ ESPN - Miami vs. Boston - Recap - March 30, 2008 ^ ESPN - Atlanta vs. Miami - Recap - April 16, 2008 See also Knicks-Heat rivalry Bulls-Heat rivalry Stephen Lasme External links Miami Heat Official Website Miami Heat forum, Preceded by San Antonio Spurs 2005 NBA Champions Miami Heat 2006 Succeeded by San Antonio Spurs 2007 


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Miami Heat Miami, Florida The Franchise Franchise • All-Time roster • Seasons • Draft history • Current season Arenas Miami Arena • American Airlines Arena Head coaches Rothstein • Loughery • Gentry • Riley • Van Gundy • Riley • Spoelstra NBA Championships (1) 2006 


Miami Heat 2005–06 NBA Champions 1 Wright | 3 Wade (Finals MVP) | 5 D. Anderson | 8 Walker | 20 Payton | 24 Kapono | 25 Simien | 30 Barron | 32 O'Neal | 33 Mourning | 40 Haslem | 42 Posey | 49 S. Anderson | 51 Doleac | 55 Williams | Coach Riley 


Sports teams based in South Florida Baseball MLB: Florida Marlins, FSL: Jupiter Hammerheads • Palm Beach Cardinals, GCL: Marlins Basketball NBA: Miami Heat Football NFL: Miami Dolphins Hockey NHL: Florida Panthers Soccer USL-1: Miami FC, PDL: Palm Beach Pumas College athletics (NCAA Division I) Florida Atlantic University • Florida International University • University of Miami 

South Florida metropolitan area Counties Miami-Dade County | Broward County | Palm Beach County 200,000–500,000 Miami† | Hialeah 100,000–200,000 Fort Lauderdale† | Pembroke Pines | Hollywood | Coral Springs | West Palm Beach† | Miramar | Miami Gardens | Pompano Beach 50,000–100,000 Sunrise | Miami Beach | Boca Raton | Plantation | Davie | Kendall | Deerfield Beach | Boynton Beach | Delray Beach | Weston | Fountainbleau | Lauderhill | Tamarac | North Miami | Kendale Lakes | Wellington | Margate | Tamiami | Jupiter 10,000–50,000 Aventura | Belle Glade | Boca Del Mar | Brownsville | Coconut Creek | Cooper City | Coral Gables | Coral Terrace | Country Club | Country Walk | Dania Beach | Doral | Gladeview | Glenvar Heights | Greenacres | Hallandale Beach | Hamptons at Boca Raton | Homestead | Ives Estates | Kendall West | Key Biscayne | Kings Point | Lake Worth | Lake Worth Corridor | Lauderdale Lakes | Leisure City | Lighthouse Point | Miami Lakes | Miami Springs | North Lauderdale | North Palm Beach | Oakland Park |Olympia Heights | Opa-Locka | Ojus | Palm Beach Gardens | Palmetto Bay | Palm Springs |Palmetto Estates | Parkland | Pinecrest | Pinewood | Princeton | Richmond West | Riviera Beach | Royal Palm Beach | Sandalfoot Cove | South Miami | South Miami Heights | Sunny Isles Beach | Sunset | Sweetwater | The Crossings | The Hammocks | University Park | West Little River | Westchester | West Park, Florida | Westwood Lakes | Wilton Manors Sports Florida Marlins (baseball) | Miami Heat (basketball) | Miami Dolphins (football) | Florida Panthers (ice hockey) | Miami FC (Soccer) Airports Miami International Airport (Miami-Dade) | Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) | Opa-locka Airport (Miami-Dade) | Opa-locka Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Broward) | Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (Broward) | Pompano Beach Airpark (Broward) | Palm Beach International Airport (Palm Beach) | Boca Raton Airport (Palm Beach) | Palm Beach County Park Airport (Palm Beach) | North Palm Beach County Airport (Palm Beach) † - County Seat A list of cities under 10,000 is available here. 


Sports teams based in Florida Baseball MLB: Florida Marlins • Tampa Bay Rays, FSL: Brevard County Manatees • Clearwater Threshers • Daytona Cubs • Dunedin Blue Jays • Fort Myers Miracle • Jupiter Hammerheads • Lakeland Flying Tigers • Palm Beach Cardinals • Sarasota Reds • St. Lucie Mets • Tampa Yankees • Vero Beach Devil Rays , SL: Jacksonville Suns Basketball NBA: Orlando Magic • Miami Heat , ABA: Bahama All-Pro Show, PBL: Jacksonville SLAM Football NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars • Miami Dolphins • Tampa Bay Buccaneers, AFL: Orlando Predators • Tampa Bay Storm, af2: Daytona Beach ThunderBirds • Florida Firecats, AIFA: Florida Stingrays Hockey NHL: Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning, ECHL: Florida Everblades • Pensacola Ice Pilots, SPHL: Jacksonville Barracudas Soccer USL-1: Miami FC • Tampa Bay Rowdies, PDL: Bradenton Academics • Central Florida Kraze • Palm Beach Pumas • Panama City Pirates W-League: Bradenton Athletics • Central Florida Krush, WPSL: Central Florida Strikers • Miami Surf • Orlando Falcons • Palm Beach United • South Florida Breeze • Tampa Bay United MISL: Orlando Sharks, FESC: Treasure Coast Galleons • Deportivo Okeechobee • Port St Lucie Hurricanes • SouthEnd Utd • Sunrise City SC Rugby League AMNRL: Jacksonville Axemen Rugby Union FRFU: Tampa Bay Krewe College athletics (NCAA Division I) FBS: Florida Gators (SEC) • FSU Seminoles (ACC) • Miami Hurricanes (ACC) • USF Bulls (Big East) • UCF Knights (C-USA) • FIU Golden Panthers (Sun Belt) • FAU Owls (Sun Belt) FCS: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (MEAC) • FAMU Rattlers (MEAC) • Jacksonville Dolphins (A-Sun/Pioneer) Non-Football: FGCU Eagles (A-Sun) • UNF Ospreys (A-Sun) • Stetson Hatters (A-Sun) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat" Categories: Miami Heat | National Basketball Association teams | Sports clubs established in 1988 | Sports in Miami, Florida | Basketball teams in the United States Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from April 2007 | All articles lacking sources | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007

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